Cinema News and Property Gazette (1913)

58 Supplement to T HE CINEMA. January 22, 1913. COSMOPOLITAN FILM CO., ia, Gbrbard \\ . Phone : Gerrard 934. Releasing: COSMOPOLITAN, ECKO, FOLLY, LONDON, and NEW 101 BISON Films. •Till WHITE LIE." (101 Bison.) Breakfast is interrupted by the noise of strife from the adjacent saloon bar. Warner, the saloon-keeper, rises from the table, and is soon landing out right and left amongst the brawling cow-boys in the saloon. Then he returns and takes farewell of his daughter, Irene, who is the schoolmistress. On her way to school she meets Lieutenant Burns, and we are not left in doubt as to the tender relationship existing between them. A <ommittee of narrow-minded managers visits the school and, considering that a saloon-keeper's daughter is not fit to teach their children, they give Irene notice to leave. She closes the school door for the last time, and takes her sorrowful way home where her rough old father administers what comfort he can. A complaint is laid at the fort that Warner is selling liquor to the Indians. A squad of men in charge of an officer is told off to investigate and to arrest the saloonkeeper should they find sufficient evidence. The complaint is justified, for we see the Indians reeling under the "influence of liquor in the bar. The soldiers enter, clear the saloon, arrest Warner, and close the premises. The Colonel-in-Command at the fort orders the saloon-keeper to leave the district, and he departs with his daughter. They settle in an outlying cabin. Warner plots revenge. He has a secret store of liquor, and professing to go to the settlement for provisions, in reality takes a supply of spirit to the Indians in their camp. They become riotous and dangerous under the influence of the drink, and he incites them to attack the fort, promising to decoy the soldiers away. With the aid of the Indians he is made to assume a tattered, wounded and exhausted condition. Mounting a horse, he gallops to the gate of the fort, and falls apparently at the last gasp at the feet of the sentry. An alarm is given, Warner relates the story of an attack upon an emigrant train. The troops are called out and set off on a false trail. Meanwhile the Indians have got upon the warpath, and Irene, from the cottage, observes them galloping on massacre bent. Scribbling a hasty note, she leaves telling her father that the Indians are up, and she has gone to the settlement to warn the settlers and save the school children. Mounting a horse, she rides like the wind to the school, and hustles the children away to safety, then she dashes to the settlement, and soon an excited, alarmed crowd throngs through the gates of the fort. They are none too soon, for the Indians are already attacking. Warner had escaped from the room into which he had been carried, and, evading the sentry, galloped back to his cabin to find there the note left by his daughter. He is almost frantic with fear for her safety, and comes to a prompt decision. Mounting his horse, he again rides off to find the troops whom he had sent on their fruitless errand. He does find them, and leads them back to the fort, where the fight is raging. Their arrival turns the scale in favour of the defenders, but in the fight the saloon-keeper is killed. The Colonel is now aware of the treachery of Irene's father, but to save her from shame he writes a dispatch in which Warner is commended for his heroic behaviour in defence of the fort. He shows this dispatch to Irene and her lover, and is gratified by seeing her brighten up under her sorrow. But when the pair have left the room he quietly destroys this white lie which has now served its purpose. Released February 23rd Length 1,580 feet. "PIMPLE AS RENT COLLECTOR." {Cosmo.) By the side of the cold, dark water Pimple, tired of life, is intent upon making away with himself. He pauses to take the temperature of the juicy depths, then makes a frantic rush, but is dragged back by friendly hands. His rescuer leads him off to where one chance more awaits him. A rent collector is wanted, and he is given the job, with instructions to be sure to collect the rent. At his first call he meets with apologies, and regrets, but with no rent. Disappointed and a bit angry, he vows to make the next beggar pay. He strips off his coat and hat, and bangs vigorously upon the door. But cold water runs down his spine, and his heroic intentions vanish when the door opens, revealing six feet of massive humanity. He reassumes his coat and proffers a timid request for the rent, getting by way of reply a sound cuff and a kick that sends him flying. He knocks very gentiy at the next door, which is opened by a pale thin young man. Immediately Pimple becomes pugnacious. He strips off his coat, rolls up his shirt sleeves, bullies the poor young man, ends up by shaking him like a rat and flinging him into the passage. At the next house he is greeted by a dainty apparition that drives all sordid notions of rent out of his head. He indulges in a little flirtation, kisses the lady's hand, and so departs. His next call brings upon him the affectionate attentions of a slut with her hair in curl papers. This is more than Pimple can stick, and he beats a hasty retreat. At the next house he finds a large board, " Beware of the dog," which announcement fully satisfies him, and he departs without investigating further. Returning to the office he has only apologies and no money to tender. He gets kicked out, and we next see him leaning sorrowfully against a large door. He steps pensively through the door, and then we observe painted upon it in large letters this word, " Workhouse " ; it is a conclusion that will fetch the house down. Released February 23rd. Length 405 feet. " HIS NEMESIS." (101 Bison.) Denton is unable to find work, and w-anders aimlessly through the street, while -at home his young wife labours over the ironing board doing her part to keep the home going. Refused by tradesmen and sick of the search, Denton comes to the military office and enlists. His wife has gone out to deliver some laundry work, taking her little girl with her. During her absence Denton hurriedly enters his house, packs his fewbelongings, scribbles a short note of farewell, and departs. On her return the poor wife finds herself deserted. It is a terrible blow, which prostrates her. Her brother, coming to her assistance, is enraged at the base desertion, and determines to track Denton. The new recruit has been transported West, and billeted at a fort. In a fierce engagement with the Indians amongst the hills he succeeds in saving the Colonel's life. The Colonel has a pretty daughter, who does not conceal her admiration for her father's preserver. Denton is promoted to be lieutenant, and is engaged to marry the Colonel's daughter. It is the wedding morning, and the military quarters are gaily decorated. Settlers arrive in wagons to partake of the festivities. The ceremony has commenced when the coach swings through the gates of the fort ; it carries the wife's brother, who has at last tracked his man. Enquiring as to the reason of the decorations, he learns that to-day Lieutenant Denton is being married to the Colonel's daughter. Creeping to a window, he sees through it the final act in the ceremony. The guests repair to the banqueting hall, and all is merry as a marriage bell. Night comes, and Denton is alone in the banquet room, troubled by thoughts of the past. Visions of his wife toiling at her tasks rise before him. As they sink he starts, turns, and